| Title |
Board of Regents minutes noting the admission of Hiram Whittle, January 31, 1951
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| Description |
This is a Board of Regents minutes document noting the admission of Hiram Whittle on January 31, 1951. Hiram Whittle was the first African American undergraduate student who began classes in the spring semester of 1951. The NAACP initially helped him in the admission process but Whittle enrolled before the case was finished. He studied electrical engineering and lived in a dormitory near Ritchie Coliseum but transferred to a school in New York before he completed his degree at the University of Maryland.
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| Extent |
2 images; color |
| Date |
1951-01-31 |
| Location |
United States; Maryland; North America; College Park |
| Subject(s) |
Byrd, Harry Clifton, 1889-1970; Whittle, Hiram; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; University System of Maryland. Board of Regents; Civic leaders; School integration; College administrators; Maryland--Politics and government; University of Maryland at College Park. Office of the President |
| Citation |
Harry Clifton Byrd papers, Accession 93-90, Series IV, Box 8 |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/38512
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#CNE
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| Terms of Use |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries.
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